Pines Springs Ranch
Pine Springs Ranch or PSR is a Christian camp and retreat center owned by the Southeastern California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. PSR is located on in Mountain Center, CA, in the San Jacinto Mountains.
Facilities
PSR has several buildings on site. The main Lodge contains two floors of hotel like rooms, and two meeting rooms on the bottom floor. There is also a large lobby and loft in the center of the Lodge. Next door to the Lodge is the camp's Cafeteria which is PSR's largest meeting location. The third indoor meeting location is the Multi-Purpose Building which is split into two meeting rooms. PSR has two sets of cabins, North and South Village. These Cabins are used for Summer Camp, and other retreats. The Villages each have a central bathhouse. Other buildings on site include The Nature Center, The Pool, Town Hall, The Store, The Horse Barn, The Maintenance Facilities, and several staff homes. There are three year round outdoor meeting areas and three that are available during summer camp. The three year round meeting areas include Church Bowl, Campfire Bowl, and The Fort. The Three locations available during the summer are The Wagons, TeePees, and The Mine.
Leadership
The Leadership of PSR falls under the oversight of the Conference and the camps three directors. Pastor Rick Silvestri is the Summer Camp Director, and is in charge of hiring the part time summer staff. Carmen Ibanez is the year round Director of Operations. Manny Vitug is the Executive Director for Marketing / Finance
Summer Camp
During the summer, June till August, PSR runs a full time summer program for kids between 8 and 17 years old.
There are typically seven weeks of camp, plus a week of staff training.
- Pathfinder/Adventure Mini Camp
- Discovery Week (Age 8-10)
- Junior Week 1 (Age 10-12)
- Junior Week 2 (Age 10-12)
- Tween Week (Age 12-15)
- Teen Week 1 (Age 13-17)
- Teen Week 2 (Age 13-17)
Activities
The activities at PSR include.
- Archery / Marksmanship
- Arts and Crafts
- Go-Carts
- Gymnastics
- Horses
- Disc Golf
- Kitchen Science
- Ropes Course
- Board Sports (Skateboarding)
- Mountain Biking
- Nature
- Sports
- Swimming
- Waterslide
Trip/Extreme Camps
- Horse Riding Trip
- Surf
- Wakeboard/Tubing
Specialty Camps
- Basketball
- D-Ship (Discipleship)
- Cowboy Camp (English and Western)
- Indian Camp
- Junior Chef
- Music Video Production
- MusicAL Theater Production
- Marine Exploration
- N-Shape (Fitness Camp)
- Photography
- Self Defense
- Soccer